| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 205 |
| Played For: | Philadelphia Flyers Winnipeg Jets |
| Birth Date: | May 20, 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Death Place: | Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Draft: | 53rd overall |
| Draft Year: | 1977 |
| Draft Team: | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Wha Draft: | 60th overall |
| Wha Draft Year: | 1977 |
| Wha Draft Team: | Edmonton Oilers |
| Career Start: | 1977 |
| Career End: | 1981 |
David Allan Hoyda (May 20, 1957 – February 8, 2015) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Hoyda played four seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Philadelphia Flyers and Winnipeg Jets.[1] He was known primarily as an enforcer.
Hoyda was raised in Cherhill, Alberta, and later attended St. Francis Xavier High School in Edmonton while he played Canadian Junior "A" hockey with the Spruce Grove Mets.[2] Hoyda and the Mets won the 1975 Canadian Junior "A" national championship. He moved up to Major Junior hockey for his next two seasons, playing with the Edmonton Oil Kings/Portland Winterhawks (franchise moved).
Hoyda was drafted in both the World Hockey Association and NHL Amateur Drafts in 1977, signing a contract with the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1973–74 | Edmonton Mets | AJHL | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Spruce Grove Mets | AJHL | 59 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 141 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 42 | ||
| 1974–75 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WCHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WCHL | 43 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 170 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | ||
| 1975–76 | Spruce Grove Mets | AJHL | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Portland Winterhawks | WCHL | 61 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 220 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | ||
| 1977–78 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 41 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 119 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
| 1977–78 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 31 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 67 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 138 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979–80 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 32 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 42 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 132 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 299 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||||